Yasuaki Deguchi: The Omoto Religion and Aikido (11)

The Aizen-En truly began to flourish in 1989, for it was then that the three essential elements expressed by the term reiryokutai finally came together. Reiryokutai is comprised of three Chinese characters meaning soul and spirit (rei), energy and strength (ryoku), and body or physicality (tai), and it represents a concept fundamental to Onisaburo’s teachings.